The purpose of the Parent Center is to assist parents in working more effectively with their children at home and to encourage positive home-school relationships.

Goals for Parental Involvement:

• To inform parents of the availability of Title 1 programs.
• To support the efforts of paents to work with their children at home
• To train parents to work with their children on skills required for promotion.
• To consult with parents on an ongoing basis and give parents a feeling to partnership in the education of their children.
• To provide a wide range of opportunitites for parental participation in the design of the Title 1 Program.
• To ensure opportunities for full participation of parents with language differences or who lack literacy skills.

Overview:

• The Parent Center serves parents of Pre-K through 5^th grade students.
• Materials, equipment and information are provided to families free of charge. (Home delivery is available to families without transportation.)
• The center offers electronic games, books, videos, cassettes, puzzles, manipulatives, bingo and board games, flashcards, worksheets, and other other educational matierlas.
• Two parent liasions are available to parents and schools to facilitate open lines of communication between home and school.
• Assistance with understanding state testing and test results are avilable as well as practice test items.
• A title 1 online newsletter, “Today’s Tips for Parents”, with daily updates accessible through out website.